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Stranded in the middle of the night in Davle
Czech Republic

Dave came to visit from Wigan in England. It had been many years since we'd had a bender together. Back then we were young and stupid, we came to Prague as English teachers. Why? Why not? It was the right choice. Now we're slightly more grown up, but not too much. I picked him up from the airport. Coincidentally I had three dogs in tow. I don't know how it happened. Two friends asked if I could watch their dogs. There happened to be a third dog, belonging to nobody, but under the supervision of one of the friends. It was a very long trip from Prague airport to Kamenny Privoz where I was living. Some beers later, we made it to Prague's main station. We very nearly missed the train. Running at full speed to catch the train, the third dog (not my dog, and not even my friends' dog - who is this dog anyway?) took the opportunity to poo on the floor of the station. How he could even poo on the ground while running full speed, I still don't know.

We did make the train. But then we had to change trains in Vrane nad Vltavou. As luck would have it, we managed to miss that train. The only other train that was there. How did we miss it? How did no one inform us until it was puffing away into the darkness? The station master pointed out that it was the final train, and there was nothing more. There was nothing in this town, he observed. nothing but the river. No taxis, no pubs, nothing. We had to walk.

There is a certain kind of romance about walking along a train track at midnight, with a good old friend, and three dogs. That novelty wears off after about a kilometer. 15 kilometers and a few very dark tunnels later, we reached Davle. All three dogs managed to stay with us.

Here we are, on the foot bridge. It's dark. We are tired. In a few minutes we will call no less than three taxis, finally convincing one to come here from Prague. I didn't tell him about the dogs. They were cute enough that I knew it wouldn't be a problem.

The third dog became mine, eventually.

Copyright: Jeffrey Martin
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Taken: 24/02/2009
Uploaded: 24/02/2009
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Tags: night; river; dogs
More About Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a cool little landlocked country south of Germany and Poland, with a national addiction to pork and beer. Potatos, cabbage, and dumplings are close behind them, and they also have this great bar food called "utopenec." It means "a drowned man," it's pickled sausage with onions, perfect with some dark wheat bread and beer. The Czech bread is legendary, like a meal all by itself.Czechoslovakia first became a sovereign state in 1918 when it declared independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The state of Czechoslovakia lasted until the "Velvet Divorce" of 1993, which created Slovakia and the Czech Republic.It was occupied by Germany in WWII but escaped major damage, unlike most other European cities. The nation's capital, Prague, retains some of Europe's most beautiful Baroque architecture as well as one of the largest medieval castle complexes still standing. The President of the Czech Republic has his offices in the Prague Castle even today.There was a coup d'etat in 1948 and Czechoslovakia fell under Soviet rule. For fifty years Czechoslovakia was a Socialist state under the USSR, subject to censorship, forced atheism and even the arrest of jazz musicians!In 1989, communist police violently squashed a pro-democracy demonstration and pissed everybody off so bad that a revolution erupted over it, finally ending the Communist rule.The next twenty years saw rapid economic growth and westernization. Today in Prague you can eat at McDonald's or KFC, shop for snowboarding boots and go see a punk rock show.The Czech Republic took over the presidency of the European Union in January 2009. This instantly created lots of political drama because the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, is a renowned Euroskeptic.We anxiously await the outcome of "President Klaus vs. the Lisbon Treaty", a world heavywieght fight sceduled for spring 2009.Text by Steve Smith.


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